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Showing posts with label General Knowledge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label General Knowledge. Show all posts
Friday, 9 December 2022
Friday, 20 November 2020
NOBEL PRIZES WINNERS IN 2020 (#nobelprize2020)(#generalawareness)(#compete4exams)(#eduvictors)
NOBEL PRIZES WINNERS IN 2020
The Nobel Prizes regarded as the most prestigious awards given for intellectual achievement in Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature, Economics, and a distinguished achievement towards humanity.
Wednesday, 8 April 2020
Thursday, 26 March 2020
Monday, 23 March 2020
What Do You Know About Tik Tok?(#eduvictors)(#knowthecompany)(#parenting)
What do you know about Tik Tok?
TikTok is a Chinese based video-sharing social networking service. It is owned by ByteDance, a Beijing-based company founded in 2012 by Zhang Yiming. It is used to create short dance, lip-sync, comedy, and talent videos.
TikTok has taken the social media world by storm and it boasts around 524 million active users worldwide. In China, where it is known as Duoyin, which has 250+ million active users.
Musical.ly was founded in 2014 and enjoyed a steady flow in app downloads and user adoption. On July 6th 2015, Musical.ly reached number one in the iTunes app charts, exploding almost overnight.
Saturday, 9 November 2019
NTSE/CTET/Competitions - General Knowledge - Environmental Institutes (#GeneralKnowledgeIndia)(#eduvictors)
Environmental Institutes
General Knowledge
NTSE/CTET/Competitions
1. Arid Zone Research Institute—Jodhpur
2. Central Pollution Control Board—Delhi
3. Central Museum Authority—New Delhi
4. Rehabilitation Institute of Social Forestry and Ecology— Allahabad/Pryagraj
5. G. B, Pant Himalayan Environment and Development Institute— Almora
6. Himalayan Forest Research Centres - Shimla
Wednesday, 27 December 2017
Current Affairs - Know Your Cabinet Ministers, President and other Famous Persons(#general knowledge)(#eduvictors)
Current Affairs - Who is Who
Q1: Who is External Affairs minister?
Q2: Name the Defence minister.
Q3: Who was the first president of India?
Q4: Who was popularly called Iron Man of India?
Q5: Who is the Chief Minister of Odhisha?
Q6: Name the capital of Maharashtra?
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
General Knowledge - Tribes and Races Of the World (#compete4Exams) (#cbseNotes)
Tribes and Races Of the World
Afridis:
A race of hill men on the north-west frontier of Pakistan (tribal area of Waziristan).
Bedouins:
Nomadic tribe of Arabia, spread over the whole of Northern Africa and Western Asia.
Bhils:
A primitive Dravidian race inhabiting Central India.
Bhil Women |
Boer:
A name applied to South Africans of Dutch or Huguenot descent, especially to early settlers of Transvaal and the Orange Free State and their descendants.
Bushmen:
They live in the Kalahari desert. They are probably the descendants of the earliest inhabitants of Africa. They rank among the most uncivilized and backward peoples in the world. Their food consists almost entirely of meat, often raw or decomposed, and in times of scarcity they will eat insects, snakes etc.
Thursday, 3 August 2017
CBSE Class 9/10/NTSE/CTET - Important Rivers Of India (#cbseNotes)
Important Rivers Of India
CBSE Class 9 - Geography Notes1. Ganga
States covered: Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal
Length: 2,525 K.M.
Origin at: Gangotri
Ends at: Bay of Bengal
2. Yamuna
States covered: Uttarakhand,Himachal Pradesh,Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi
Length: 1,376 K.M.
Origin at: Garhwal in Yamunotri
Ends at: Bay of Bengal
3. Brahmaputra
States covered: Assam, Arunachal,Tibet
Length: 2,900 K.M.
Origin at: Lake Manasarovar
Ends at: Bay of Bengal
Wednesday, 2 March 2016
Who is Who (General Awareness Q and A)
Who IS Who?
General Knowledge Quiz
Q1: Who is Railways Cabinet Minister in Indian Central Government?
Answer: Suresh Prabhu
Q2: Who is Human Resource Development minister?
Answer: Smt Smriti Zubin Irani
Q3: Who is the chief Minister of Gujarat?
Answer: Anandiben Patel
Q4: Who was the first President Of India?
Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Tuesday, 13 October 2015
Quiz on Sobriquets
Quiz on Sobriquets
A sobriquet is a nickname often more popular than the real name of a person or place or thing. It is usually a familiar name not a pseudonym.
Test your knowledge how many Sobriquets do you know?
Q1: Name the Indian political leader who is also popularly called 'Loknayak'?
(a) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
(b) Jayprakash Narayn
(c) Atal Bihari Bajpai
(d) Vallabh Bhai Patel
Q2: Who is also known as Frontier Gandhi?
(a) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
(b) Feroz Gandhi
(c) Abdul Gaffar Khan
(d) C R Das
Q3: Who is popularly called Iron Lady?
(a) Margaret Thatcher
(b) Madonna
(c) Indira Gandhi
(d) Lady Gaga
Q4: Who is also called as Grand Old Man of India?
(a) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(b) Subhash Chander Bose
(c) Vallabh Bhai Patel
(d) Dada Bhai Naroji
Q5: Who is often called as the king of Rock n Roll?
(a) Michael Jackson
(b) Bruce Springsteen
(c) Elvis Presley
(d) George Michael
Saturday, 16 May 2015
General Knowledge - First Person In India
First Person in India
Event | Person's Name |
---|---|
First Governor-General of Independent India | Lord Mountbatten |
Indian Governor-General of Independent India | Chakravarti Rajgopalachari |
First President of India | Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
Prime Minister | Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru. |
Vice-President | Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan |
First I. C. S. (Civil Services) | Satyendra Nath Tagore |
Raman Magsaysay awardee | Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
Nobel prize winner | Rabindra Nath Tagore |
First Woman President | Smt. Pratibha Patil |
Space traveller | Sqd. Leader Rakesh Sharma |
Chairman of Lok Sabha | G. B. Mavlankar |
Chief Election Commissioner | Sukumar Sen |
Chief Justice of Supreme Court | Justice Hiralal J. Kaniya |
Indian Chairman in International Court | Justice Dr. Nagendra Singh |
Sunday, 3 May 2015
NTSE SAT Quiz-20
NTSE SAT QUIZ-20
MCQsQ1: Belief in equality of income and wealth is called:
(a) Capitalism
(b) Equalitarianism
(c) Altruism
(d) Socialism
Q2: Which of the following satellites helps to telecast TV network programmes all over the country?
(a) INSAT-1B
(b) Rohini
(c) Apple
(d) Aryabhatta
Q3: Latin America, Africa and Asia are jointly said to belong to the
(a) third world
(b) first world
(c) second world
(d) developed world
Q4: Which of the following is wrong?
(a) President can be removed by impeachment
(b) President is head of the state
(c) President is head of the Government
(d) President is elected by an electoral college of elected members of Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and Legislative Assemblies of the State.
Q5: The colour of the star is an indication of
Monday, 4 November 2013
Modern India History (GK Quiz-8)
Modern India History
(GK Quiz-8)
Q1: In which year Vasco da Gama arrived at Calicut, India?
(a) 1398
(b) 1495
(c) 1496
(d) 1498
Q2: In which Year of the Battle of Plassey was fought?
(a) 1557
(b) 1657
(c) 1757
(d) 1857
Q3: Hyder Ali was the ruler of which of the following state?
(a) Hyderabad
(b) Mysore
(c) Cochi
(d) Bengal
Q4: The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) resulted in the defeat of the which of the following forces.
(a) American
(b) British
(c) French
(d) Russian
Monday, 29 July 2013
Newspaper Quiz (GK Quiz-7)
Newspaper Quiz
(As submitted by a student from Delhi)Q1: In which state India's largest nuclear plant located
(a) delhi
(b) punjab
(c) haryana
(d) tamil nadu
Q2: Name the planet where glass falls as rain
(a) venus
(b) saturn
(c) blue planet
(d) mars
Q3: Name the person ,who is famous for making high quality music system,who died recently
(a) Amar Bose
(b) Amar Jain
(c) Amar Singh
(d) Amar Verma
Tuesday, 9 July 2013
Olympics Quiz (GK Quiz-6)
Olympics Quiz
(GK Quiz-6)Q1: International Olympic Committee was founded in the year
(a) 1854
(b) 1874
(c) 1894
(d) 1898
Q2: Where was the Ancient Olympics held?
(a) Rome
(b) Greece
(c) Egypt
(d) England
Q3: The five Olympic rings represent
(a) Original five members
(b) Largest five members
(c) Five continents
(d) Earth, Fire, Air, Water, Ether
Q4: The first Olympics (Ancient) took place in honour of which Greek God?
(a) Apollo
(b) Zeus
(c) Herculus
(d) Athena
Tuesday, 4 June 2013
General Knowledge Quiz (GK Quiz -5)
General Knowledge Quiz
(GK Quiz -5)
Q1: The brightest planet is
(a) Jupiter
(b) Venus
(c) Mars
(d) Mercury
Q2: Which of the following nations has never won the Football World Cup?
(a) Uruguay
(b) England
(c) France
(d) Netherlands
Q3: Which of the following animals does not lays eggs?
(a) Pigeon
(b) Ostrich
(c) Penguin
(d) Bat
Sunday, 7 April 2013
Know The Currency (GK Quiz-4)
Know The Currency
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(GK Quiz-4)
Q1: Which of the following is the latest symbol for Indian rupee?
(a) $
(b) ₹
(c) ₨
(d) ₱
Q2: Which of the following is a symbol for Japanese currency?
(a) $
(b) ₤
(c) ¥
(d) ¢
Q3: Which of the following is used to denote as common symbol for currency when a particular symbol of that country is not available?
(a) ¤
(b) $
(c) ₤
(d) €
Tuesday, 2 April 2013
Who said this? (GK Quiz-3)
Who Said this?
How many white dots?image credits:openclipart |
MCQs
Here are the famous quotes. Can you identify the famous personality who said this?
Q1: ❝An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind❞
(a) Mother Teresa
(b) M. K. Gandhi
(c) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(d) Indira Gandhi
Q2: ❝Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.❞
(a) Mother Teresa
(b) M. K. Gandhi
(c) Albert Einstein
(d) George Bernard Shaw
Q3: ❝Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country❞
(a) John F Kennedy
(b) Chandrashekhar Azad
(c) Abraham Lincoln
(d) M. K. Gandhi
Sunday, 24 March 2013
Know Your Doctor (GK Quiz-2)
Know Your Doctor
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There are different types of doctors who have specialization in different medical domains. Can you identify what these specialists are called?
Q1: Skin Specialist is called as _____________
(a) Physician
(b) Dermatologist
(c) Ophthalmologist
(d) Cardiologist
Q2: Women's doctor
(a) Geriatrician
(b) Oncologist
(c) Gynaecologist
(d) Dermatologist
Q3: Eye Doctor
(a) Optician
(b) Optometrist
(c) Otolaryngologist
(d) Ophthalmologist
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